If your younger baby begins to show your teeth and bite, you should not panic. Understand the reasons, and then, having chosen the desired tactics of behavior, you can start solving the problem. You can bite. Stock up and read our recommendations.
Children’s desire to bite is a fairly common and studied phenomenon. Maybe by itself, or maybe not without your participation, but it will pass. True, do not close your eyes and wait for your child to grow up and forget how to bite. Often the cause of biting is serious psychological problems and they must be solved. It all depends on the age of the baby. We highlight three age groups, try to figure out why the child bites and how to deal with this habit.
5-7 months
When the baby is 5-7 months old, his teeth begin to cut. Discomfort and pain can cause biting. This is fine. To somehow weaken unpleasant sensations, help the baby. Use soft toys, rings and other products available now for these purposes. Make sure that the product is certified.
8 -14 months
During this period, the child bites from overexcitation. Can go to everyone who is next to the child. If the baby is bitten, with gestures, the necessary words and facial expressions show you what hurts you. You can play the offended, change the intonation of the voice, and if you succeed, and let it down. The main thing is that the child understands that he did hurt and it is bad. At this age, he should know the words “no” and “impossible”.
15-36 months
If during this period the child bites, the reasons are already more serious and you need to urgently find out the reasons for biting the baby. Firstly, this is a clear irritation of your child, and secondly, the desire to control the situation. The baby is not enough words to express emotions and he begins to express his discontent as he knows. To bite someone, most often the other children present nearby, is an occasion to attract attention. You can foresee such a situation and try to somehow distract the baby. But when this has already happened and the child was bitten, do not arrange long discussions and moralizing. He is not interested. Just make a strict remark and explain that you can’t do this.
More than 3 years
If the child is more than 37 months old and he continues or is just starting to bite, then most likely he has problems with self -expression and self -control. The reason for this may be a feeling of loss, fright and helplessness. Do not write off this on age -related features. On a visit to a doctor in such situations, it is better not to delay. Knowing experts will help you.
And one more thing: always watch the child, because the children begin to bite, finding themselves in certain situations: surrounded by a large company, shortly before feeding, in some controversial, conflict moments or when the child feels injustice in relation to himself. In any case, the baby bites most often due to irritability, fatigue and aggressiveness.
How to wean a child to bite?
To calm the baby and reduce his aggression, you can try the following:
games with clay, sand and water, drawing, cubes and designers;
Be sure to make sure that your child has your place where it will crawl, somersault and wallow;
Observe the day of the day without fail, active activity and feeding – according to the schedule;
Let the baby nibble carrots, apples, bagels and any other hard food.
No fists and screams, aggression gives rise to aggression.
Your mood is also the mood of the child, so do not frown, smile more often and be friendly.